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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/extern%20existential%20type%28rfc2492%29/near/152420810" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Charles Lew <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/extern.20existential.20type(rfc2492).html#152420810">(Dec 23 2018 at 08:33)</a>:</h4>
<p>Hi, i'm curious what people think of <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2492" target="_blank" title="https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2492">https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/2492</a>   Is it a correct way to solve a correct problem? Are  there some better solutions for this specific issue?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/extern%20existential%20type%28rfc2492%29/near/152564182" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/extern.20existential.20type(rfc2492).html#152564182">(Dec 26 2018 at 18:08)</a>:</h4>
<p>I have had similar thoughts in the past and am generally positive on the idea, but I've not dug deeply into the specifics of the RFC or the comments</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/extern%20existential%20type%28rfc2492%29/near/152564190" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/144729-wg-traits/topic/extern.20existential.20type(rfc2492).html#152564190">(Dec 26 2018 at 18:09)</a>:</h4>
<p>I do agree there is a pattern here waiting to be extracted</p>



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